General Manager Earl's New American of Peddler's Village

Earl's New American of Peddler's Village is in search or an experienced Restaurant General Manager to join the leadership team! Earl's pairs the rustic charm and romance of a Bucks County farmhouse with contemporary cuisine.

The General Manager is responsible for delivering revenues and profits by developing, marketing, financing, and providing appealing restaurant service; managing staff.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Establishes restaurant business plan by surveying restaurant demand; conferring with people in the community; identifying and evaluating competitors;

preparing financial, marketing, and sales projections, analyses, and estimates.

Meets restaurant financial objectives by developing strategic and annual forecasts and budgets; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions;

establishing and monitoring financial controls; developing and implementing strategies to increase average meal checks.

Attracts patrons by developing and implementing marketing, advertising, public and community relations programs; evaluating program results;

identifying and tracking changing demands.

Controls purchases and inventory by meeting with account manager; negotiating prices and contracts; developing preferred supplier lists;

reviewing and evaluating usage reports; analyzing variances; taking corrective actions.

Maintains operations by preparing policies and standard operating procedures; implementing production, productivity, quality, and patron-service standards;

determining and implementing system improvements.

Maintains patron satisfaction by monitoring, evaluating, and auditing food, beverage, and service offerings; initiating improvements;

building relationships with preferred patrons.

• Accomplishes restaurant and bar human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining management staff;
• communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions;

enforcing policies and procedures.

Maintains safe, secure, and healthy facility environment by establishing, following, and enforcing sanitation standards and procedures;

complying with health and legal regulations; maintaining security systems.

Maintains professional and technical knowledge by tracking emerging trends in the restaurant industry; attending educational workshops;

reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

Accomplishes company goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Competency :

• To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies : Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner;
• Gathers and analyzes information skillfully; Develops alternative solutions; Works well in group problem solving situations;

Uses reason even when dealing with emotional topics.

Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service;

Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.

Interpersonal - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting;

Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.

• Leadership - Exhibits confidence in self and others; Inspires and motivates others to perform well; Effectively influences actions and opinions of others;
• Inspires respect and trust; Accepts feedback from others; Provides vision and inspiration to peers and subordinates; Gives appropriate recognition to others;

Displays passion and optimism; Mobilizes others to fulfill the vision.

Visionary Leadership - Displays passion and optimism; Inspires respect and trust; Mobilizes others to fulfill the vision;

Provides vision and inspiration to peers and subordinates.

Strategic Thinking - Develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; Understands organization's strengths & weaknesses;

Analyzes market and competition; Identifies external threats and opportunities; Adapts strategy to changing conditions.

Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals; Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; Measures self against standard of excellence;

Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.

Planning / Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently; Plans for additional resources; Sets goals and objectives;

Organizes or schedules other people and their tasks; Develops realistic action plans.

Qualifications :

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education / Experience :

Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; or minimum of 5 years related experience and / or training;

or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

Manages subordinate managers and supervisors who supervise employees within the Restaurant. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units.

Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees;

planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Physical demands and environment : The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands : While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to walk; stand; maneuver stairs and tight spaces;

sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk or hear.

The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

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